New Technology to Light Skate Park

Thursday 28 February –Hastings green space
William Nelson Park will benefit from intelligent LED
lightening, thanks to a partnership between the Hastings
District Council and Hawke’s Bay electricity distribution
company Unison Networks.

The partnership will see Unison
install innovative lighting technology as part of the
Councils development of William Nelson Park that will
include 4000sqm of passive park green space and a 2000sqm
skate facility for the Hastings community.

Unison Group
Chief Executive Ken Sutherland said the new lighting system
would provide multiple benefits to park users, rate payers,
and the Council.

“The intelligent Phillips lighting
solution enables customised control of lighting levels and
includes automated fault monitoring. This means lighting
levels can be programmed to meet requirements at different
times. For example, brighter lighting will be provided
during winter evenings for safe skating purposes, and
lighting levels will then be dimmed during later night hours
to save energy while still maintaining public
safety.”

The system features a fault diagnostics system
that will identify and report any light outages, removing
the requirement for manual monitoring, or community
reporting of lighting outages. The monitoring and control
software provides a system override function to enable
lighting levels to be instantly increased in response to an
emergency.

“LED lighting also provides a range of
benefits including greater energy efficiency, a
significantly longer bulb life than conventional lighting
technologies, and delivering a better quality of white light
that renders rich colours with contrast enabling safer night
time activities such as skating, driving or pedestrian
movement,” said Mr Sutherland.

Hastings Mayor Lawrence
Yule said Council was excited to partner with Unison and
Philips to bring an innovative approach to public
lighting.

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